Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing · Virginia

DTFHopewell

Chester, VA · ~366 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DTFHopewell runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

DTFHopewell: 1.3 TCR = 39% of Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DTFHopewell safety composite

DTFHopewell scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

DTFHopewell: 0.8 → 1.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 1.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.81× in 2018

DTFHopewell's TCR rose 1.1 from 0.8 in 2017 to 1.8 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · Chester, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 39% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #3/9
  • PHOTO Arkema Inc. West Che…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~366 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Arkema Inc. West Chester (0.0 TCR gap)

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DTFHopewell in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows DTFHopewell averages 1.3 TCR (39% of the Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

DTFHopewell TCR series: 2017=0.8 · 2018=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where DTFHopewell falls in its industry

644 Resins, plastics (except custo establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 9 Resins, plastics (except custo employers in Virginia.

DTFHopewell (366 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate DTFHopewell
DTFHopewell (366 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

DTFHopewell has more employees than the Resins, plastics (except custom compound median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2018 1.8 1.0 7 0 0
2017 0.8 0.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · VA · Chester

644 Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 119 employers in Chester, VA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Arkema Inc. West Chester 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR NOVA Chemicals, Beaver Valley Site 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Megadyne America Charlotte 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arkema West Chester Plant 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Foodservice Virginia - 0765 366 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1682 366 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5117 366 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - DVA2 366 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : RIC2 3,011 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - RIC2 2,710 FTE
CITY-NEAR C.W. Wright Construction Company, LLC 697 FTE
CITY-NEAR CW Wright Construction 573 FTE
NAT-TCR S08879 - WM of Wisconsin Minnesota Area Office 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Penske : 5197-00 Wawa-DCM/Logan Township, NJ 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Houston - 202 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Cmop Az 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Imperial Dade Miami 366 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holland - NA 366 FTE
NAT-SIZE Allied Svs In-Home Svcs 366 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rai Crew Ord 366 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.